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U.S. says diplomacy still open to end Ukraine standoff with Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a past presser [Reuters, Kevin Lamarque]

The United States said the diplomatic path remained open to end a standoff with Moscow over Ukraine but said the risk of Russian military action was high enough to warrant pulling U.S. embassy staff out of Kyiv.

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